Running a Dark Fantasy Campaign – Wretched Villainy

Running a Dark Fantasy Campaign – Wretched Villainy

Every genre has its recurring threats, and those which haunt the halls of dark fantasy are unique in that their villainy must rise to meet the danger of a world steeped in darkness… without losing touch with the fantastical. This rich, contradictory foundation leads...
Top 7 Bard Spells (and their Roleplay Potential)

Top 7 Bard Spells (and their Roleplay Potential)

Bards are often the swiss army knives of Fantasy TTRPGs. Want to be a melee fighter, rapier drawn, dashing up into combat? We have a Bard for that! Want to stay on the fringes of battle, dishing out spells both sarcastic and biting, while avoiding scrapes at all...
How to Make Merfolk “Part of Your (5e) World”

How to Make Merfolk “Part of Your (5e) World”

Picture this: it’s New York, 1842. You’re lining up to see the latest fad from America’s greatest showman, P. T. Barnum. You watch as he takes pride of place at the front of Barnum’s American museum. Despite his lack of likeness to Hugh Jackman (whoever that is), you...
Win the Race: Character Creation in Arora: Age of Desolation

Win the Race: Character Creation in Arora: Age of Desolation

The world of Arora, currently being funded through the Arora: Age of Desolation Kickstarter, is something that has been swirling around in my brain for over 10 years. If I’m honest, it’s probably been kicking around the dark spaces of my gray matter since I began...
Art Direction for Arora: Age of Desolation

Art Direction for Arora: Age of Desolation

Do you ever wonder where all those beautiful artworks come from when browsing through TTRPG books? How does it work? How do artists get their art in there? Well, wonder no longer because our principal art director Suzanne Helmigh is here to shed some light on the...